Incompetent and Arrogant Leadership Led the Org Away from Its Values
Pros
Mission-committed colleagues in global environment
Cons
-Leadership prioritized rapid growth over sustainability, which led to a $50M deficit and budget mismanagement, resulting in layoffs. -Top leadership is mostly white, with many coming from an insular, politically connected group around the CEO. -The CEO’s pay is triple that of peers in similar roles—just feels so so wrong, and against what most of the staff stands for. What ever happened to leading by example? -The company was shameful in its response to the Gaza situation—see coverage in The New Humanitarian for more. -There’s a trend of hiring ex-McKinsey people who, somehow, end up with more influence than staff with real expertise. Top leadership seems to need constant hand-holding from the strategy and finance teams, who communicate in their love language of Excel sheets and PowerPoint slides.
